breaking numbers

[RM f/g]

I would appriceate it if numbers like 10.000 or 2,54 (10,000 / 2.54 if you're anglopnone) would not break at the dot or comma at the end of a line in Publisher.

[MikeTO]

+1

IMO this is a bug. Word processors and page layout apps should never break a line at a period or comma unless the following character is whitespace or a break.

There is an ongoing bug with breaking happening between periods and quotation marks in various languages. Instead of continuing to try to fix that bug, changing Affinity not to break after a period or comma unless the following character is whitespace or a break would avoid the language-specific issues and prevent numbers from breaking.

 

[Dan C]

Hi @RM f/g / @MikeTO,

Just to confirm, I've moved this thread to the bug reporting section of the Forums, as I agree I would not expect the app to break on the decimal separator for a number.

However in attempting to log this as a bug with our developers, (linking it to the issue Mike has mentioned above internally - as I believe they are very similar but slightly separate issues), I'm unable to replicate this with my text language set to multiple different locales.

Am I misunderstanding the issue being reported please? If so, are you able to provide a sample document where this occurs?

[MikeTO]

7 hours ago, Dan C said:

Hi @RM f/g / @MikeTO,

Just to confirm, I've moved this thread to the bug reporting section of the Forums, as I agree I would not expect the app to break on the decimal separator for a number.

However in attempting to log this as a bug with our developers, (linking it to the issue Mike has mentioned above internally - as I believe they are very similar but slightly separate issues), I'm unable to replicate this with my text language set to multiple different locales.

Am I misunderstanding the issue being reported please? If so, are you able to provide a sample document where this occurs?

I did test this yesterday but I can't replicate it now so I'm at a loss. I didn't change the language from my default (English Canada) and all I did was draw a frame, type a few words with the default formatting, and then type something like 123.45 and 123,45, or 1.2345 or 1,2345. I then scaled the frame wider and smaller to check how it broke. Then I copied and pasted the text from Publisher to MS Word and Apple Pages to confirm their behaviour.

So I have no idea what's up. I'd just think I was confused but obviously RM has seen something, too. Perhaps RM has a test document for sharing.

[RM f/g]

Thanks for your help @Dan C and @MikeTO. I've attached a sample document (as a package) plus a pdf exported from this document.

You'll find the undesired breaks marked on pages 5, 8 and 20.

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by RM f/g
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[MikeTO]

Thanks for sharing the test file which was very helpful. Affinity will break on the decimal if Figure Style = Old Style or if Figure Width = Proportional which it shouldn't do. You'll still have to fix these manually for now but at least now the issue can be fixed.

@Dan C I don't know what's up with the test I did previously, I can't replicate any issues without old style or proportional figures so let's assume I had a brain fart and it wasn't actually breaking.

Cheers

[RM f/g]

Thanks, Mike. I had this fixed manually but removed the ‘No break’ for didactic purposes in this copy.

[Dan C]

Thanks for your file provided - I've now been able to replicate this behaviour and have logged it with our developers to be resolved